Four receive Outstanding Young Alumnus Award
Four Shippensburg University graduates are recipients this year of the university's Outstanding Young Alumnus Award. The recipients are Jodi Christman, Class of 1992; James L. Dailey, Class of 1997; Rebecca Quinter Finkenbinder, Class of 1997; and Tracy Pierandozzi Sestili, Class of 1992.
The awards were to be presented Dec. 19 during the university's Winter Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony in Heiges Field House, but that ceremony was cancelled due to the major snowstorm that affected the region.
Christman, of New Cumberland, was also named by Central Penn Business Journal as one of the 2009 40 Under 40 award recipients. The vice president for interactive and design and partner at JPL started as an intern in video production in 1992. She briefly worked for Rite Aid before she returned to JPL in 1994 as a video producer, multimedia project manager and multimedia department manager until she was promoted to vice president in 2005.
Her record of contributions to the company is complimented by her commitments to her community through Relay for Life and Big Brothers Big Sisters Capital Region. For both organizations, She has been a key element in their fundraising efforts including creating events like Destination Downtown, a dining experience, and a comedy show as part of JPL's fundraising efforts for their contribution to Relay for Life. She received her bachelor of arts degree in communications/journalism.
Dailey, of Camp Hill, served with Fulton Bank as a financial advisor before he joined niche with TEAM Financial Managers in Harrisburg in 1999 as a financial advisor and quickly moved to portfolio manager in 2001. In 2005 he was named co-owner and chief investment officer where he is actively involved in the day-to-day management and strategic planning of the firm and is responsible for the overall investment philosophy, portfolio management, and research and trading for client investment accounts. He earned the prestigious Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2003.
He is a member of the John L. Grove College of Business Advisory Board at Shippensburg University and the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region board including the finance committee and volunteering as a Big Brother. He earned a bachelor of science in business administration degree in 1997.
Finkenbinder, of Palmyra, was elevated into some exclusive ranks in 2008 after being named a Rising Star by Law and Politics. Only 2.5 percent of lawyers in the state receive this honor that is published in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars Edition magazines. She is an associate with McNees Wallace & Nurick, LLC and practices in its intellectual property and food industry practice groups. She focuses on all aspects of trademark and copyright law and extends into franchise matters and advertising.
She is a member of Woman of Wardrobe, Dress for Success of South Central Pennsylvania, Women in the Profession committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and serves on the board of Sales & Marketing Executives International Central Pennsylvania Chapter. She earned her bachelor of science in business administration degree in 1997 before earning her master of business administration degree from Temple and her law degree from Dickinson School of Law. She is married to Travis Finkenbinder, also a 1997 Shippensburg graduate. She and Travis own Rothermel Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Palmyra.
Sestili, of San Francisco, is not only director of operations for TiVo Inc., she is the CEO and founder of The Beverly Fund, a non-profit national organization devoted to raising awareness on the risks and causes of lung cancer, patient services, and research geared toward early detection. The Beverly Fund is named and was established to honor Tracy's mother, who died from lung cancer just five weeks before Tracy's wedding in 2006.
She has been recognized for her efforts earning the AT & T Spotlight Community Hero Award, the Bay Area Jefferson Award for Community Service, and earlier this year her story was published on Oprah's Angel Network. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science in 1992.